As to the Last Poets and Gil
Scott Heron being the 'firsts'....I dunno know about that. What about the
Beat poets of the 50s and 60s......they were speaking over Coltrane,
Davis, Monk and others.......AJ has been around a long time.....just that
no one was calling it that then....
That sounds really interesting. I've been listening to kerouac/kicks joy
darkness and William Burroughs with Material/Bill Laswell and I guess i'm
all geared up for a Beat season this summer. Any suggestions about what I
should listen to next? Any recent spoken word+jazz I should check out as
well?
BTW, I really like the Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron, and this group called
'Watts Prophets' are often mentioned in the same breath. Anyone heard of
them?
Devi